Seven men who took part in a plot to bribe jurors in a manslaughter trial have been sentenced to between two and six years in prison.

The conspiracy happened in February as two of the men were on trial for the manslaughter of 88-year-old Betty Laird, who died in car crash which was staged as part of a so-called “cash for crash” scam in Leeds.

Raja Hussain, Shahrear Islam-Miah, Jonaade Hussain, Waqas Ahmad, Zafarullah Ahmad, Abdilahi Ahmed and Jamie Lee Lawson were all jailed at Leeds Crown Court on Friday, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) confirmed. Raja and Jonaade Hussain pleaded guilty to conspiracy to pervert the course of justice along with Waqas and Zafarullah Ahmad and Jamie Lee Lawson. Islam Miah and Abdilahi Ahmed were found guilty of the same charge earlier this week following a trial.